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Graduate Degree of multiplication map of a topological group

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Undergrad What is the formula for calculating the circumference of a circle on a sphere?

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Graduate How are differently ordered simplices identified in simplicial homology?

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Graduate Sudden confusion about definitions of singular homology

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Graduate Prove volume of a torus equation

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Undergrad Shortest distance between lines .

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Graduate Is There an Isomorphism Between G-Invariant Forms and De Rham Cohomology?

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Graduate Embedded torus in R³ and triviality of its tangent bundle

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Graduate How to find a trivialization of a torus

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Graduate Attaching maps in a product of CW-complexes

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High School Can curves be parallel to each other?

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Undergrad How can contour map data be used to determine volume?

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Graduate Proving Ellipse When Viewing Circle with Non-Perpendicular Line of Sight

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Graduate Distance between two points on some surface

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Graduate Parallel transport analog of Stoke's theorem

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Graduate Proving That a Lorentzian Structure Cannot be Put on S^2

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Graduate Curvature form of Cartan connections

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Graduate Coordinate transformation of contravariant vectors.

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Graduate Musings on the physicists/mathematicians barrier

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Graduate Index notation is driving me CRAZY

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Graduate How Does Alexander-Whitney Duality Relate to Natural Transformations?

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Graduate Homology of a connected sum: What is the nth homology group of M#N?

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Graduate Why is the tangent space of a lie group manifold at the origin the lie algebra?

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Graduate How Is the Adjoint Boundary Operator Defined in Simplicial Complexes?

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Graduate What do I need to study to understand Perelman's proof?

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Undergrad Equation of a circle through 3 points in 3D space

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Graduate Mathematica free tensor package?

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Graduate Image reflected from cone interior with right angle vertex

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Graduate Linkage analysis using intersection of three sphere

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Graduate Trouble understanding derivation of covariant derivative

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Graduate Can a spinning thread form a helix through gravity and force?

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Graduate What mistake did I make in proving that all tangent bundles are trivial?

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Graduate Convergence of iterated contractions in Sierpinski triangle

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Undergrad Expressing area in terms of perimeter for plane figures

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Graduate Induced map Tor(A,B)→Tor(B,A) in Hatcher Proposition 3A.5

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Graduate How are these two proofs for the compactness of [a,b] equivalent?

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Graduate Why do rotations and reflections behave differently in R^2 and R^3?

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Graduate Algebraic topology, groups and covering short, exact sequences

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Graduate Algebra question in algebraic topology

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Graduate Best high-level introduction to classic geometry?

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Graduate Intersection Form in 4-D. Followup.

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Graduate Jordan-Brouwer separation theorem

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Undergrad Formula for Area of Overlapping Rings?

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Graduate Surface representative of homology class.

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Graduate Proving H and its closure are topological groups when H is a subgroup

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Graduate Surface Homeomorphism Between Cubes and Spheres?

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Graduate Topological Groups to Properties and Solutions

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Graduate Proving Invariance of Domain Theorem

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Graduate Algebraic Topology: Showing Cone(L(X,x)) is Homeomorphic to P(X,x)

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Graduate Normal subgroup; topological group

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High School How to get the coordinates inside

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Undergrad Index notation for r_j r_i p_j

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Graduate What Determines the Degree of a Continuous Map Between Spheres?

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Graduate Homology of S^n x R: Hatcher's Theorem 2B.1

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Graduate Bundles and global sections, triviality.

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Graduate Uncountable Homology Classes in Hawaiian Earrings?

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Graduate Why Is the Inverse Image of a Regular Value in an Immersion a Finite Set?

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Graduate Is every open cover a basic open cover?

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Graduate Simplifying (r̂ × ∇) × r̂ with index notation

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Graduate About the definition of local degree

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Graduate Question of algebraic flavor in algebraic topolgy

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Undergrad What is the next number in the sequence?

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Graduate Defining integrals of 1-forms without parametrization

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Graduate Handles and non-orientible 3D manifolds

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Graduate Inclusions of submflds. and diffeomorphisms.

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Graduate Compactification and Extension of maps.

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Graduate Induced Orientation on Mfld. Boundary.

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Graduate Inverse of tensor using Einstein notation

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Graduate Understanding Open and Closed Sets in Metric Spaces

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Undergrad Calculating Distance on a Spherical Earth Using Trigonometry

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Graduate How to encode direction information?

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Graduate Homology of the Klein Bottle using M-V sequences

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Graduate Orientations of curves and diffeomorphism

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Undergrad Calc height of cone with only volume and angle

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Undergrad Interactive Visualization for Adding/Subtracting Planes

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Graduate Homology of spheres from the M-V sequence

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Undergrad How do you get the Klein Bottle from two Möbius Strips?

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Graduate Why Euclidean half-space is not homeomorphic to an open set of R^n

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Graduate Riemann Geometry: Where is the Flaw in My Thinking?

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Graduate Homotopy classes of loops in the annulus {z: 0<a<|z|<b}

  • WWGD
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Graduate Are two definitions of Lie derivative equivalent?

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Graduate Open subspace of a compact space

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Graduate Is Professor Rudin's Reasoning in Theorem 1.10 Correct?

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High School Solving the Cylinder Volume Problem

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Graduate Show Uniform Convergence of Sequence of Functions on Set X

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Graduate Radii of curvature for pseudosphere

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Graduate Clarifying Topology Basics: What is U?

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Graduate Is [0,1] Open or Closed in the Metric Space [0,1] U [2,3]?

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Graduate Are Generalized Coordinates Necessary for Simplifying Complex Systems?

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Graduate Homology Q: Hatcher Top Page 125 - Isomorphism Explanation

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Graduate Convergence of fn: R->R to f: R->R

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Undergrad Arc Length to Radius Ratio: Why Equal?

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Undergrad Similar Triangles Formed by Diagonals of Quadrilateral in Circle

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Graduate 4D angular coordinate system and corresponding hypervolume element

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Graduate Diffeomorphism vs. homeomorphism

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Graduate Vector Fields on S^2, 0 only at 1 point.

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Graduate What Is the Difference Between a Closed Set and a Complete Set in Topology?

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Graduate Is the Tangent Bundle of the 2-Sphere Trivial?

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Graduate Change of Coordinate for V.Field in Mfld.

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Graduate Difference between A^ν A_μ and A^μ A_μ in tensor notation

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